Cycle saddle



April 5, 1932.

,1. w. BRANDT CYCLE SADDLE Filed Feb. 10, 1950 Patented Apr. 1932 UNITED STATES PATEN n OFFICE JOHN w. BRANDT, or ELYBIA', omb, nssrenon 'ro TEE 'rnoxnn murmur COMPANY, 01? ELYBIA,

OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO CYCLE SADDLE Application filed February 10, 1980. Serial No. 427,880.

This invention relates to seats or saddles such as are used on bicycles, motorcycles or the like. Y

My invention is applicable to seats of varioustypes, but I have chosen to illustrate and describe it in connection with a seat of the type having a seat frame or base, a truss or tie bar hingedly connected at one end to the base and adapted to be clamped to the cycle and resiliently connected at the other end to a spring or springs which in turn are connected to the base.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide in a seat of the class referred to an improved means for connecting the reach bar to the seat base or frame.

Another object is to provide an improved means for cpnnecting the spring or springs to the seat base.

Another object is to provide andmproved construction of reachbar.

Another object is to provide an improved means for assembling the seat clamp with the seat or with the reach bar thereof for transportation purposes.

Another object is to provide an improved construction for resiliently connecting the free or movable end of the reach bar to the seat base.

Another object is to provide a seat, the parts of which may be quickly and easily assembled in manufacture and/or disassembled for making repairs.

Other objects w1ll be apparent to those skilled in the art to which my invention pertains.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a seat embodying my invention including the means of attaching or clamping it to a cycle or other vehicle;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1';

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken from the plane 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective vlew showing the means of securing a loop memher or clip which I may employ to the seat of the seat ing a base, the view bei lg taken generally in the same direction as 1g. 2; p

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a clip or loop member which I may employ partially as- Itsembled or secured to the seat base;

Figs. 6 and 7 are erspective views showing, disassembled, t e parts of a clamp by which a seat of my invention may be secured to a cycle or other vehicle.

7 Referring to the drawings, I have shown at 1 a rigid seat base or seat frame which ma be formed by pressing from sheet metal: The upper or supporting side of the seat base may be padded or upholstered by any suitas able material, indicated at 2, and covered by leather or the like, indicated at 3. The base 1 may likewise be covered with leather or the like 4, and the two covers 3 and 4 may be suitably joined at the peripheral edges of the to seat in a well known manner.

On the forward part of the base 1 is secured a loop member or clip 5 and rearwardly thereof is secured a similar pair of clips or loop members 66 for respectively connectreach bar 7 and springs 88 to the base. The clips 5 and 6 are preferably formed from sheet metal and comprise an eye portion 9 and superimposed planular extensions constituting a body portion 10, which i is perforated by a longitudinal hole orslot 11.. The clips 5 and 6 are secured to the base 1 in the following manner.

Formed on the base by punch shearing, a pair of tongues 12-12 are provided for each 35 of the clips 5 and 6, and extending substantially at right angles to the base 1.' Suitable perforations are provided in the leather cover 4 so that the tongues 12 may project there- I through as indicated in Fig. 5, where one of the tongues 12, bent out of the plane of the .the clip 5.

base, the parts thus secured being clearly illustrated in Fig.2.

The clips 6-6 are attached to the base in a manner similar td that just described for The eye of the clip 5 encircles the hingi'ng end 13 of a reach bar 7 having laterally extending side members 14-14 which at their rear ends are first bent downwardly as at 15' in Fig.1 and then outwardly laterally as at 16-16 in Fig. 2 and then again upwardly as at 17-in Fig. 1. The free ends 17 thus provided are disposed substantially vertically when the seat is in its normal position.

A pair of helical compression springs 8-8 have their lower ends coiled or wrapped around the ends 17'of the reach bar as at 19 constrictingly gripping the same to securely connect the reach bar and the springs to each other. springs 8 have their last convolution bent in the direction of the diameter of the spring as indicated at 18-18 in Fig. 2 and the ends 18 are inserted through the eyes of the clips 6-6.

By this construction it will be observed that the springs 8 have a hinging connection to the clip 6-6 at one end and the com'pres sive force ofthe springs 8, caused by a load on the seat normally holds the opposite ends of the springs'securely on the ends 17 of the reach bar. But when desired, the springs 8 may be removed by withdrawing the ends 18 from the clips 6 and giving a twisting or rotary movement to the turns 19 of the spring to remove it from the end 17 of the reach bar for repair purposes.

Preferably, the clip 6 is first assembled with, the reach bar 7 by forming it around the hinging portion 13 thereof and is then.

secured to the base in the manner above described.

The clamp by which the reach bar 7 may be attached to a cycle or other vehicle comprises the two hooked andintermeshing elements 20 and 21' illustrated separately in Figs. 6 and 7 and the nut 22 and set screw 23 shown assembled with the part 21 in Fig. 7. The general construction of these parts forms no essential part of my invention and they may be of an known or suit-able shape. The parts of t e clamp are assembled with the side bars 14l4 of the reach bar 7, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3' and by screwing the set screw 23 inwardly, the side bars 14 of the reach bar are rigidly-clamped to a suitable generally horizontal seat supporting bracket, such as that shown fragmentarily at 24 in Fig. 1.

The clamp device thus provided may be adjusted in posit on forwardly and rearward- 1y of the reach bar 7, parallel portions of the bar'26-26 being provided for this purpose. It is customary to assemble the clamp device with the reach bar 7 of the saddle for transof the, extension 24 o The opposite or upper ends of the portation purposes. Heretofore it has been customary, in order to retain the clam the reach bar, to provide a short block wood or metal to tem orarily take the place g the vehicle. Such a block is indicated in Fig. 1 by the part 24. In the seat of my invention, however, I provide means to obviate the necessit of providin the block 24 and of screwin t e screw 23to ock the clamp and block an reach bar together to retain the clam on the reach bar. The side portions 14-44 0? the reach bar are bent inwardly, toward each other adjacent their rearv ends, providing bends or stops 25-25. The distance between the stops 25 is less than the distance between the side portions 26--26 of the reach bar. I To assemble the clamp device with a reach bar of this construction, it is only necessary to loosely assemble the clamp elements 20 and 21 and the nut and bolt 22 and 23 loosely as shown in Fig. 3. This clamp assembly may then be simply slidably moved from a \position indicated generally in broken lines at 27 in Fig. 2 to the position .shown in solid lines, the stops 25 when engaged by the device during such ngovement being spread apart resiliently, due to the resilience of the side portions 14'14 of the bar and after the device has passed the stops 25-25 they'will resiliently return to their normal position and trap the device on the bar and prevent Its sliding ofi' therefrom in the reverse direction. If, however, it is desired to remove the clamp from the reach bar, it may be moved in the reverse direction by applyin suflicient force thereon to spread the si e portions 14 of the reach bar by the engagement of portions of the clamp device with the rounded portions 25. I A

The clips 5 and 6 and the manner of at-. taching them to the seat base 1 is shown and described in the foregoing in connection with one type of' reach bar and compression spring; and the compression springs 88 are shown connected to the clips 6-6 by one method. It will be understood, however, that clips secured to the base 1 according to my .invention may be employed in seats in which the reach bars and springs are variously constructed and variously assembled with each other and with the clips.

Having thus described my invention in a on. of

preferred embodiment, I am aware that nu- 2. In a seat of the class described, a pressed heet metal base, an attachment clip providedvith a perforation, and a tongue press formed From the material of the base extending at LII angle thereto and through the perforaionand bent over to secure the clip on the )ase. a

3. In a seat of the class described, a sheet netal base, an attachment clip provided with ln elongated perforation, a pair of aligned zongues press formed from the material of ;he base extending at an angle therefrom and ;hrough the said perforation and bent to semm the clip on the base.

4. In a seat of the pe comprising a base, a reach bar hinged t ereto at one end and a compression spring connected to the baseand to the other end of the reach bar, a hinge :lip for the reach bar provided with a perforation, a tongue formed on the base and extending through the perforation, and bent to se cure the clip on the base.

5. In a seat of the type comprising a base, a reach bar hinged thereto at one end and a compression-spring connected to the base and to the other end of the reach bar, a hinge clip for the reach bar and an attachment clip for the spring-said clips being provided with perforations and tongues formed on the base extending through the perforations and bent to secure the clips on the base.

6. The method of securing an attachment clip to a cycle seat which includes forming a perforation in the clip, forming a tongue on the seat base, inserting the tongue through the perforation and bending over the tongue.

7. The method of securing an attachment clip to a cycle seat base which includes forming an elongated perforation in the clip, forming a plurality of aligned tongues on-the seat base, inserting the tongues through the perforation and bending over the tongues.

8. In a seat, a sheet metal base, a leather or like cover for the base, an attachment clip provided with a perforation, a perforation in the cover registering therewith, a tongue on the base extending through said perforations and bent to secure the clip rigidly to the base externally of the cover.

9. In a seatof theclass described,aseat'base, a reach bar connected to the base and provided with a pair of spaced side rails disposed longitudinally of the seat and parallel for at least a portion of their length and adapted to be resiliently spread apart, a clamp device supported on the parallel portions of the rails, the rails being formed to permit the device to be removed therefrom by sliding'longitudinally thereon in one direction and to be assembled thereon by sliding longitudinally thereon in the other direction and a bend on one of the rails to normally prevent the device from being removed from the rails but permitting it to be removed when forcibly moved along said rails to resiliently spread said rails.

10. In a seat of the class described, a seat base, a reach bar connected at one end to said baseand extending longitudinally of said base and comprising a pair of spaced side rails substantiall parallel throughout at least a portion 0 their length and adapted to be resiliently spread apart, a clamp device slidably mounted on the parallel portions'of the rails and adapted to be removed from the rails by slidably moving it in one direction and adapted to be assembled on the rails by slidably moving it thereonto in the other direction and means for normally preventing the device from being removed from the rails, said means comprising a bend in one of the rails confronting the other rails, but permitting the removal or the assembly of the device with the rails by forcibly moving it on the rails to ride over the bend and resiliently spread the rails. g 11. In a seat of the class described, a sheet metal base, a leather or like cover for the base, a reach bar hingedly connected to the front of the'seat base, a pair of compression springs connected at one end to the rear part of the base and at their other ends formed with constricted convolutions, and the other end of the reach bar being provided with portions embraced by said constricted convolutions to connect the other end of the reach bar with said springs and attachment clips for connecting the springs and the reach bar to the base comprising each a clip provided with an eye and with a perforation, a perforation in the leather cover registering therewith and a tongue formed from the material of the base extendin through said perforations and bent to rigidly connect the clip to the base.

12. In a seat of the class described, a reach bar comprising a pair of spaced side rails resiliently relatively spreadable, a seat clamp device adapted to be longitudinally movably mounted on and between the rails, at least one of the rails bein provided with a camming projection con ronting the other rail to limit the longitudinal movement of the device except upon the spreading of the rails ,by forcible engagement of the device with the projection.

13. In a seat of the class described, a reach bar comprising a pair of spaced side rails resiliently relatively spreadable, a seat clamp device adapted to be longitudinally movably mounted on and between the, rails,'the rails being provided with confronting camming projections to limit the longitudinal movement of the device except upon the spreading of the rails by forcible engagement of the device with the projections.

14. In a seat of the class described, a reach bar comprising a pair of substantially parallel spaced side rails resiliently relatively spreadable, a seat clam device adapted to be longitudinally mova ly mounted on and between the rails, at least one of the rails being provided with a camming pro ect1on confronting the other rail to stop longitudinal movement of the device at said PIOJGCtiOIl to prevent slidably removing the device from the rails or assemblin it therewith except upon the spreading of the rails by forcible engagement of the device with the pro ection. I

15. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with a perforation, a tongue on the base extending through said perforation, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming sulficiently to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational movement thereof.

16. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elonated perforation, an elongated tongue on the fiase extending through said perforation limited thereby, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational or longitudinal movement thereof.

17. Ina seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elongated perforation, an elongated tongue on the base extending through said perforation limited thereby, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational, longitudinal, or lateral movement thereof.

18. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elongated perforation, an elongated tongue on the base extending through said perforation said perforation limited thereby, the crosssectional shape ofeach tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational, longitudinal, or lateral movement thereof.

22. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elongated perforation, a pair of aligned elongated tongues on the base extending through said perforation limited thereby, the crosssectional shape of each tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational, longitudinal, lateral or vertical movement thereof, said tongues being bent to secure the clip on the base.

23. In a seat of the class described, anattachment clip provided with a perforation, a tongue on the base extending through said perforation, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming sufliciently to the shape of the perforation toprevent relative rotational or longitudinal movement thereof.

24. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with a perforation, a tongue on the base extending through said perforation, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming sufficiently to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational, longitudinal, or lateral movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this 15th day of January, 1930.

' JOHN W. BRANDT.

limited thereby, the cross-sectional shape of the tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to.prevent relative rotational, longitudinal, lateral or vertical movement thereof, said tongue being bent to secure the clip on the base.

19. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with a perforation, a pair of aligned tongues on the base extending through said perforation, the cross-sectional shape of each tongue con, forming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational movement thereof. 7

20. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elongated perforation, a pair of aligned elongated tongues on the base extending through said perforation limited thereby, the cross-. sectional shape of each tongue conforming to the shape of the perforation to prevent relative rotational or longitudinal movement thereof.

21. In a seat of the class described, a base, an attachment clip provided with an elongated perforation, a pair of aligned elon gated tongues on the base extending through 

